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1
Sliced bread was an invention of the 1920s.
TRUE
FALSE
2
TRUE OR FALSE: Charlie Chaplin Entered a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest ... and Lost
false
true
3
The prosperity that developed in the 1920’s helped:
Close the gap between rich and poor
To reduce buying on credit
To accumulate a cloud of debt
Labor unions to gain strength
4
The term used to describe the woman pictured
flapper
barabra's
champ
gibson girl
5
a production system where each worker performs an assigned task repeatedly
repetitive production
assigned seats
credit production
assembly line
6
His nicknames include “The Bambino” and “Sultan of Swat”
Hank Aaron
Lou Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
7
Henry Ford is the only American mentioned in Adolf Hitler's
Mein Kampf
FALSE
TRUE
8
In '64, Louis Armstrong made the Billboards at # 3. What band was one and two on the charts?
One Direction
Beatles
The Monkees
The Rolling Stones
9
The “Empress of the Blues” who sang Sugar In My Bowl
Bessie Smith
Janus Joplin
Queen Latifa
Ella Fitzgerald
10
Babe Ruth career homerun record
741
755
714
756
11
Who was the first player to break Babe Ruth's career Home run record?
Mark McGuire
Barry Bonds
Cal Ripkin Jr.
Hank Aaron
12
The first state to ratify the 18th amendment?
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York
PA
13
The __________ Twenties
Dirty
Dreamy
Roaring
Fast
14
Identify the man pictured
Al Smith
Dion O Banion
Al Capone
Herbert Hoover
15
Money remaining to a person after taxes and living expenses:
income tax
disposable income
refunded income
nonrefunadable income
16
"the" dance of the Jazz Age was the:
charleston
electric slide
macarena
dab
17
The 18th amendment was ratified in the year?
1933
1919
1911
1926
18
The African American literary and artistic movement of the 1920s.
The Great Gatsby
Harlem Renaissance
The Great Migration
The Renaissance and Reformation
19
Secret gathering places selling illegal alcohol during Prohibition
saloon
tenements
speakeasy
wet bars
20
In the 1920s there was 1 car for every_______people
5
25
10
2
21
The Great Sheik of the movies in the 1920s-Nicknamed “catnip to women” and “the Latin Lover”
Rudolph Valentino
John Barrymore
Charlie Chaplin
Shia LaBeouf
22
The ideal feminine beauty prior to the 1920s:
Hipster
Flapper
Suzy
Gibson Girl
23
Identify the Yankee pictured
Cal Ripkin Jr.
Babe Ruth
Alex Rodriguez
Lou Gehrig
24
This is the album cover of which band?
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
One Direction
The Grateful Dead
25
1925 Scopes Trial took place because of the debate over ____________
right to bear arms
right to assembly
evolution
abortion
26
Newspaper owned and operated by Henry Ford
The New York Times
Post Gazette
The Ford Times
Dearborn Independent
27
He played in 2,130 straight games earning him the name “Iron Horse”
Jack Dempsey
Hank Aaron
Lou Gehrig
Jackie Robinson
28
October ________ marked the end of the Roaring Twenties and the start of the Great Depression
29, 1929
29, 1930
30, 1929
26, 1920
29
One of the first public radio broadcasts in history came from Pittsburgh based station:
WKRP
KDKA
CBS
WTAE
30
The Great Gatsby explored the empty lives of Americans with money and little else. Author?
Lavin Harris
Ken Burns
William Shakespeare
F Scott Fitzgerald
31
To enforce prohibition Congress passed the ___________Act.
Volstead
Prohibition
Anti-Saloon
Temperance
32
Which amendment repealed the prohibition amendment?
21
19
20
18
33
Sang What a Wonderful World among countless other jazz hits
Bessie Smith
Harry Connick Jr.
Louis Armstrong
Dizzy Gillespie
34
Identify the silent film star pictured
Chaplin
Valentino
Fairbanks
Barrymore
35
the level of wealth, material goods and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class.
standard of living
wealth standard
disposable income
gross income
36
Former Western actress and one of the most famous speak-easy owners
John Wayne
Mary Pickford
Texas Guinan
Clara Bow
37
This amendment forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages.
20
19
21
18
38
Forbidding by law the sale and distribution of alcohol:
alcoholism
materialism
prohibition
excommunication
39
•
U.S. heavyweight boxer
•
“Manassa Mauler”
Mike Tyson
Jack Dempsey
Jimmy Braddock
Louis Firpo
40
The first MLB jersey to be retired was:
#2
#3
#1
#4
41
The man pictured hit 756 career homeruns,
breaking
Hank Aarons record
Barry Bonds
Cal Ripkin Jr
Sammy Sosa
Andrew McCutchen
42
Until 1927, American movies were _____
in 3 D
talkies
in 4 D
silent
43
the 18th Amendment remains the
only
Amendment to ever have been repealed.
FALSE
TRUE
44
Identify the two men pictured
Ruth and Gehrig
Ruth and President Hoover
Capone and Gehrig
Ruth and Lindberg
45
A sum of money placed at a persons disposal on condition that it will be repaid with interest.
debit buying
prorated buying
buying on credit
buying on borrowed time
46
Alphonse Capone died from complications of:
syphillis
diabetes
asthma
a gunshot wound
47
What event occurred on October 29, 1929 ending the Roaring Twenties and starting The Depression
FDR was elected
stock market crashed
Hoover resigned
WWII started
48
The US President 1921-1923
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin Roosevelt
49
Identify the man pictured
Babe Ruth
Louis Armstrong
Herbert Hoover
Al Capone
50
The US President 1929-1933
Herbert Hoover
William Clinton
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
51
Identify the "It" girl pictured
Greta Garbo
Clara Bow
Lucille Ball
Claire Daines
52
The famous Hollywood sign originally read
Dollywood
Sin City Land
Hollyland
Hollywoodland
53
__________ was the first full length talkie
The Great Shiek
The Great Dictator
The Jazz Singer
The It Girl
54
What was the name for the massacre in which Al Capone's men killed 7 of Bugs Moran's gang in a garage?
The St. Patricks Day Massacre
The Labor Day Massacre
The New Years Massacre
The St. Valentines Day Massacre
55
The quiet depression in the 1920's applied to what industry?
radio
agriculture
automobile
clothing
56
Automobile mass produced by the Ford Motor Co.
Model T
Rolls Royce
Model E
Porsche 911
57
In the 1920’s most Americans standard of living improved.
TRUE
FALSE
58
How many years did prohibition of alcohol last in the U.S.?
13
it is still in effect
10
3